Sandhi
Sandhi is a small production California winery focusing on select vineyards from the Sta. Rita Hills in Santa Barbara County and was founded in 2010 by Rajat Parr, the wine director for Michael Mina Restaurants, and esteemed winemaker, Sashi Moorman. Sandhi represents a union essential to the production of wine: the collaboration between man, earth, and vine. The willing participation of all three elements is necessary to make great wine, and the winegrower must make this collaboration rich and nourishing for all involved. An understanding of these joint efforts informs Sandhi's exploration of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vines throughout the Santa Barbara County terroir. The individual vineyards from which these grapes originate–some legendary, some new–have been exhaustively vetted for character, personality, and balance. Employing the wisdom and talents of people who know the vineyards, Sandhi is dedicated to making wines of finesse, minerality, acidity, structure and balance. Wine achieves power and beauty through the seamless integration of these qualities, and this is the inspiration for Sandhi. Wines exhibiting extreme ripeness, alcohol, oak, and other discordant exaggerations cannot truly express a specific vineyards terroir. Farming Practice:Practicing Organic
Sandhi 'Santa Barbara' Chardonnay 2018
$18.95 $24.00
California » Santa Barbara County
The Wine Santa Barbara County Chardonnay is a blend from different vineyards located in Santa Maria Valley, Santa Ynez Valley, and Sta. Rita Hills. Vineyard sources
Sandhi 'Sta Rita Hills' Chardonnay 2017
$29.95 $34.66
Wine Advocate 93 "The 2017 Chardonnay Sta. Rita Hills was aged 12 months in used, 500-liter barrels and another six months in tank. It's youthfully shy
Sandhi 'Sta Rita Hills' Pinot Noir 2018
$25.95 $34.66
Tasting Notes "This deeply colored wine is brimming with aromatic intensity and notes of focused, dark fruits like plum and berry compote with an undercurrent of
Sandhi 'Sta Rita Hills' Pinot Noir 2017
50dCalifornia » Sta Rita Hills
Wine Advocate 93 "The 2017 Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills is made using fruit from the Domaine de la Côte vineyards (80%) with the rest from
Sandhi 'Bentrock' Chardonnay 2017
Wine Advocate 94 "The 2017 Chardonnay Bentrock opens with a touch of gunflint and smoke, giving way to acacia, red apple skin, warm hay, pie crust
Sandhi 'Sanford & Benedict' Chardonnay 2017
Wine Advocate 94 "The 2017 Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict slowly blossoms with aromas of baker's yeast, Bosc pear, Greek yogurt, crushed stone and orange blossom with
Sandhi 'Sanford & Benedict' Chardonnay 2016
California » Santa Barbara County
Vinous Media 94 "The 2016 Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict emerges from one of the sections in this historic vineyard planted with own-rooted vines. Lemon confit, white
Sandhi 'Sta Rita Hills' Pinot Noir 2016
Vinous Media 93 "Just bottled, the 2016 Pinot Noir (Sta. Rita Hills) is positively stellar. Powerful and deep in the glass, with unusual depth, the 2016
Sandhi 'Santa Barbara' Chardonnay 2016
California » Santa Barbara County
Vinous Media 90 "The 2016 Chardonnay (Santa Barbara County) is a soft, easygoing wine to drink now and over the next few years, while the orchard
Sandhi Pinot Noir 2015
The Wine This is an elegant style Pinot Noir that emphasizes aromatic depth with elements of plum, strawberry and rose. On the palate it has bright
Sandhi 'Santa Barbara' Chardonnay 2015
Decanter 94 "Sashi Moorman and Rajat Parr make this elegant and rich style of Chardonnay, powerful and tense with light reduction and a palate of mango
Sandhi 'Sta Rita Hills' Pinot Noir 2015
The Wine "This is our entry level Pinot Noir and is a blend of our vineyard holdings in the Santa Barbara. Over half the fruit is
Sandhi 'Sanford & Benedict' Chardonnay 2015
California » Santa Barbara County
Wine Advocate 95 "Derived from the own-rooted Wente selection 1971 plantings in this historic site, the 2015 Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict is beautiful, wafting from the
Sandhi 'Sta Rita Hills' Chardonnay 2015
Wine Advocate 92 "The 2015 Chardonnay Sta. Rita Hills from Sandhi is superb, wafting from the glass with aromas of candied peel, waxy lemon rind, nutmeg
Sandhi 'Sta Rita Hills' Chardonnay 2014
TASTING NOTES The wine has aromas of Meyer lemon peel and pith with hints of raw ginger, honey, and green apple all under a cloak of
Sandhi 'Santa Barbara' Chardonnay 2014
Tasting Notes: The fruit for this bottling comes from our sites in the Sta. Rita Hills, Santa Maria and Santa Ynez appellations. The average age of
Sandhi 'Sanford & Benedict' Chardonnay 2013
Wine Enthusiast 95 "Lime peels and lemon pith mix it up with rain on cement, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaf, ocean-spray saltiness and a lemon-pepper spice on
Sandhi 'Santa Barbara' Chardonnay 2013
International Wine Report 91 "The 2013 Santa Barbra County Chardonnay from Sandhi is a blend from some of the top vineyards across the Santa Rita Hills,
Sandhi 'Bentrock' Chardonnay 2013
International Wine Report 97 "The 2013 Bedrock Vineyard Chardonnay is another absolutely magical showing from Sandhi. Bentrock is located just three miles west of Sanford and
Sandhi 'Sta Rita Hills' Pinot Noir 2013
Vinous Media 90 "The 2013 Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills is plump, juicy and expressive, all within the gracious style that is the hallmark for Sandhi.
Sandhi 'Sta Rita Hills' Pinot Noir 2012
Vinous Media 93 "The 2012 Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills is a gorgeous, entry-level wine from Sandhi. Bright red berries, rose petals and crushed rocks burst
Sandhi 'Santa Barbara' Chardonnay 2012
Wine Advocate 91 "Coming all from the cool, windy Sta. Rita Hills AVA, the 2012 Chardonnay Sta. Rita Hills has lively citrus, white peach and hints
Sandhi 'Sanford & Benedict' Chardonnay 2012
Wine Advocate 93 "Also from the Sta. Rita Hills, and from a vineyard that continues to impress, the 2012 Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict is one of
Sandhi 'Rinconada' Pinot Noir 2012
Wine Advocate 94 "From a vineyard just beside Sanford & Benedict, but further up the slope and with less top soil, the 2012 Pinot Noir Rinconada
Sandhi 'Sanford & Benedict' Pinot Noir 2012
Wine Advocate 93+ "Showing a streamlined, focused and straight feel, the 2012 Pinot Noir Sanford and & Benedict knocks it out of the park with